Chapter 237

“He knows something. He’s found something, hasn’t he? …” Carmen spins on me, her eyes red-rimmed with tears, her appearance haggard, yet her tone is fierce and daunting, and her eyes are glowing bright orange. Without warning, she yanks her hand out of mine and takes off in the blink of an eye in the direction Colton went before I can react. Instinctively I lift my hands and try and grasp her with my power to stop her from leaving me, but she dodges between trees, and instead, I manage to yank the tree backward with a little too much force, so it’s almost uprooted. “Shit!” I curse into the eerie quiet and throw my hair back as the decision overtakes me. I take off after her Colton, Carmen got free. She’s heading to you. I link him in warning and curse under my breath as I speed to catch up, panic overtaking me not only for her but for what I might see. I have never shaken the memory of that night from my memory bank, and despite being on the battlefield and killing vamps these past m